Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico will begin offering a commercial residential telephony service to its HFC cable customers using Net2Phone’s end-to-end IP telephony service. Liberty Cablevision will offer its subscribers two billing plan options under its “Liberty Voice Links” telephony service: a variable, per minute ‘Every Day’ plan and a flat monthly rate ‘Celebrity’ plan. The commercial launch of these telephony services follows the completion of a 12-month market trial in several of Liberty Cablevision’s service areas. Liberty Cablevision expects to begin marketing this service on a broader basis early next year.
Liberty Cablevision maintains ownership of the customer, service brand, and Tier I customer and technical support, while Net2Phone supports the back office platform, switching and transport, ongoing operations and Tier II+ technical supporthttp://www.net2phone.com
- In August 2003, Net2Phone and Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico (LCV) said beta customers of its VoIP service were generating about 1,100 minutes of use per month, on average. As of August, the companies have carried one million minutes of cumulative talk time to date. Features include call waiting, caller ID, directory assistance, e911, unlimited local calling and either per-minute or flat-rate long distance.